Gartin v. Fiedler

Fox, Judge:

This is a proceeding in mandamus, instituted in the Circuit Court of Cabell County, in which Herschel H. Gartin and seven others seek to compel the respondent, Paul 0. Fiedler, Mayor of the City of Huntington, to recognize their alleged promotions to the grade of detective sergeant, on the police force of the City of Huntington, basing their claim to such recognition on their having been certified for such position by the Civil Service Commission of the City of Huntington, acting under powers vested in it by Chapter 57, Acts of the Legislature, 1937. During the pendency of the…